The wind settled in, and brushed past me.
See me now as I've ever been…don't forget me.
I couldn't understand why.
Why was he leaving?
Why wasn't he telling me?
I feel half. Not a whole. Without you I am not complete.
And why does he tell only me?
Link nuzzled against Epona.
It looked like Epona was about to cry, but for reasons unknown.
Was it just me or…was this something Link didn't want to do?
Who was forcing him to leave?
In the ways you speak…the ways you act…
I can't stay away…
Slowly Link spoke up.
"Ilia...I don't...want to leave...but I..."
He didn't need to say it.
If only…I could come along.
"I don't know why…but I know..." I choked on my words.
I knew Link…he would never lie to me. If he couldn't tell me, then I wasn't meant to know.
But I can't find a way to understand.
I stepped closer to him. "Just…don't…hurt yourself." I said with a small smile.
Link laughed and said, "I promise."
We stood there for a while. It didn't feel awkward or quiet. The sound of the wind brushed past us again.
Will…he come back?
I looked in his eyes. The brightest eyes I have ever seen. He put his hand on my face. I held it close.
I tried my hardest to blink back my tears. But he already saw them. They rolled down my cheeks.
"Oh-Link-" I stuttered.
He kept looking at me. Slowly he moved closer.
"Link...I...you...love..." I clasped my hands over my mouth and turned red.
But he understood. "Me. too..."
How much I love you…
Our lips met and myheart fluttered. The tears kept coming, but the good tears.
Slowly we broke apart, our hands slipping slowly…slowly…away.
"Wait for me..." He said slowly as he backed away.
Link mounted Epona, with his eyes still on me.
If things were my way…
Epona trotted away, the trot turning into a gallop. I watched as he disappeared from view.
I looked down at a golden locket on my neck. It was Link's mother's, with roses and hearts in graved on it.
More tears came into my eyes. I wiped them away.
Faintly, I heard Fado's voice. "Link! Link! Are you there?!"
I looked ahead, and stared of into the distance.
"Oh...Link..."
"I'll wait for you."